I was on a 500 foot tower when I was 18. Thunderstorm came up quick and I could see the lightening getting closer. I contemplated riding the guy down as I had a block pulley with me. I figured I was more sure to die that way and set my excess equipment down instead so I could move faster. I made it about half way down, belted onto the tower and leaned back and rode it out. The tower wad humming like a substation with high power lines. Every time lightening would strike it world studder. Scary 10 minutes.
On Sun, Jul 9, 2017, 11:40 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Until you hit an egg strain insulator... > > *From:* Jaime Solorza > *Sent:* Sunday, July 09, 2017 9:48 AM > *To:* Animal Farm > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG]Tech’s condition is stable after he allegedly rode > guy wire down > > Ok..let's say you had to get off tower in a hurry. You could tie your > work and safety lanyards to guyed wire. So now you are sliding down > it...guess you could wrap legs around it and come down slower with > hopefully gloved hands. Or wrap lanyard around guyed wire several times as > braking system? Yikes..still sounds spooky...as a kid we had two of those > military type rope things that we would used to slide down one inch rope > from tree to tree... about 30 ft down to 20..ah youth!!! How would some of > you daring young bucks do it? > > Jaime Solorza > On Jul 9, 2017 9:35 AM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> "began to descend due to rain and lightning" - that could be a reason.... >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Jay Weekley >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sunday, July 9, 2017 9:30 AM >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Tech’s condition is stable after he allegedly rode >> guy wire down >> >> Tech’s condition is stable after he allegedly rode guy wire down from an >> ATC Texas tower >> >> "A tower tech is reported to be in stable condition and is expected to >> be released from a hospital tomorrow after reportedly using a guy wire >> to descend from his work station on an American Tower Corp. 300-foot >> guyed tower off of Highway 183 in Cuero, Tex." >> >> >> http://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2017/techs-condition-is-stable-after-he-fell-from-atc-tower-in-texas/ >> >> >> I assume this is a case of "hey y'all....watch this!" >> >>
